Selecting Chicken Breeds for Eggs or Meat in March
A guide on choosing chicken breeds for eggs or meat highlights that breed choice matters more than color or size. Hamburgs excel in egg quantity but Langshan Brahma and Plymouth Rock may produce fewer eggs with greater feed needs. Smaller breeds use less food, while some breeds yield larger eggs. Also discussed are sowing orchard grass with clover for pasture, noting drought resistance and timing considerations for March planting and yields.
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Hamburg
Langshan Fowls As A Family and Laying Stock
The Langshan fowl is a large, dark egg laying breed that needs substantial feed but ranges well. Valued for capons and as an all purpose family bird, they excel as layers and mothers though June to August chicks lack appeal. Mature birds offer superior table quality with yellow skin favored for spring poultry.
Dry Shampoo Soothes Delicate Girl’s Cold Hair Woes
A delicate girl laments washing hair in cold weather and tries a dry method. Instructions describe using clean brushes bay rum and a silk handkerchief to distribute dust and oils, then finishing with a bay rum tonic rub. The dialogue praises a dry alternative including quinine preparations from a druggist.
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Cever
Shorthorn cattle sale of 110 head in New York 1873
Breeders learn of a New York sale in 1873 where 110 Shorthorns sold at an average of 3482 per head. A cow named Si Duchess of Geneva fetched 40560 for PR Davis of England. The text notes how fear and speculation can push a herd owner to accept any offer amid a crop scare era.
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New York
Duchess of Geneva
PR. Davis
England
Fresh clover seed vitality and sowing tips
The writer prefers seed from their own stock or fresh seed and notes vitality declines with age. They observed one plant every five feet from a half bushel per acre sown in the fifth year. Early sowing avoids seed burial under checks and heavy rain can hurt germination. Success attributed to good seed over sowing method.
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B. Gabbert
Timothy
Wheatland
Fas Arinen
Truth About Pigeons Pointers For Breeding And Market
Pigeons enjoy sun baths and six inch tobacco stems suit nest building. Young birds mature as breeders around six to eight months. Squabs resemble quail in taste and can reach profitable weights. aim for eight pounds per dozen. Focus on parent stock, keep birds tame, and expect higher profits from quality. Monitor health, feed, and nest hygiene to reduce mortality and age signs. Birds can live to eight years.
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Albert Parker
Apple Taste From Poorly Ventilated Cellar
A fragment describes an apple stored in a badly ventilated cellar. It notes an unpleasant taste and a tendency to overlook or ignore such experiences. The writing conveys a cautionary or reflective tone about overlooked discomfort.
Alfalfa dangers to cows in spring pastures
Farmers warned that young wet alfalfa can cause bloat and death in cows if allowed to graze too soon. Advice covers prevention by limiting exposure, timing with sun drying, and cautious handling of bloated animals. Home remedies include soda and, in severe cases, veterinary or drastic measures.
Get Busy in the Orchard for Proper Pruning and Fertilizing
The guide advises removing dead limbs with a saw, avoiding axes, painting cuts after a few days, and trimming in warm weather. Do not trim newly planted trees in fall. leave them until spring. Old trees may fall. manure and fertilizers boost growth. Consider evergreen wind-breaks to protect against high winds.
Seed catalogues and simple farm tips for winter reading
The passage suggests farmers buying automobiles are sheep feeders and wives find winter newsmaking. It praises seed catalogues as instructive and recommends sending for one. It advises calm horse training without yelling or whipping and notes tassels with horses make a bad impression. It ends with a soil enrichment tip of twenty tons of stable manure per half acre.
Larmer’s Odd Bath Setup Sparks Curiosity
A fragment notes Larmer has a makeshift bathroom with three water barrels. Two barrels connect to a pine pipe leading to a bathtub order and to a wash bowl, indicating a simple early plumbing arrangement.
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Larmer
Three Ways of Cooking Tomato With Chicken Recipe
Prepare the chicken for roasting especially if using an old fowl. Stuff with a bread crumb dressing seasoned with salt pepper celery seed and onion. Add hot water to bind, then half way through cooking pour a quart of drained canned tomatoes and baste with the gravy until thick. Season to taste.
Fattening Chickens Coop Setup and Feeding Guide
A three‑section outdoor coop holds a dozen chickens. Each section measures 2 by 16 by 29 inches and is built with lath and 1 inch square framework. Chickens aged four to six months are fattened, four per coop, fed thrice daily on ground grain with skim milk. near the end a small amount of tallow is mixed in.
Beans and Tomatoes Cooked Together for Dinner
Cook a quart of white navy beans until nearly done and stew a quart of canned tomatoes until thick. Drain beans, mix with tomatoes a half hour before serving, season with salt and pepper and butter or add fat meat. Add a tablespoon of sugar and serve hot.
Steak with onion and tomato gravy method
Prepare steak by pounding and broiling on a very hot griddle for ten minutes, turning constantly. Layer shaved onion on the steak, cook tomatoes to a thick consistency, season with pepper and salt. Butter the steak, pour the tomatoes over, cook a few minutes more, turning several times, and thicken gravy if needed.
KEEP THE CHILDREN CHEERFUL. Farm life and youth balance
Advice urges farmers to enjoy the present with children, create pleasant home amusements, and avoid driving youths to cities. Emphasizes memories of home life aid future farm stability. Notes ham smoking as with hogs and ends with practical tip.
Celery Cultivation With Moist Soil and Timely Transplants
T Greiner advises celery needs moist soil and regular irrigation. Early crops use Golden Self-Bleaching or White Plume sown in flats under glass in February, transplanted either thickly for retransplanting or at proper spacing for blanching. Late crops select Giant Pascal and transplant in July or August with eight inches between plants and four feet between rows.
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T. Greiner
Dyes Work Wonders on Faded Fabrics and Clothes
A report highlights how simple dyeing can restore worn garments. Navy blue dye for cotton transformed a pink gingham street dress into a neat house dress, a faded shirt waist into pretty blue, and a boy’s shirt into nearly new condition. Follow the directions carefully.
Separator milk for calf growth depends on purpose
It is argued that separator milk can support calf growth for dairy aims as well or better than new milk, while for beef production it falls short of fresh milk. The outcome hinges on whether calves are raised for dairy or beef.
THIS WOMAN S GARDEN PAYS WITH COMMON SENSE
A Illinois woman shares how gardening saved money for her family. She and her husband alarmed the soil, built bed layouts with edge beams, laid weed paths to stay clean, irrigated in drought via water tanks, and prepared soil with thorough spading and manure.
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Wm. Saffern
Illinois
Profit in Squashes Offers Easy Cultivation and Weed Control
E P Ware notes squash is an easily cultivated crop with strong market potential, priced from 18 to 20 dollars per ton in fall and up to 50 or 60 in winter. It faces pests like striped squash bugs and large dark squash bugs. dusting with lime or ashes helps, using a improvised dust applicator, and pest control methods are described.
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E. P. Ware
How to grow a bountiful kitchen garden at home
A detailed home gardening guide shares methods for starting seeds indoors and transplanting to hotbeds. It covers celery lettuce peas squash melons cucumbers and peppers with step by step planting layouts soil preparation and succession planting plus tips on pest control fertilizer and harvest timing. It notes economic gains from crops and suggests varieties for early and late seasons.
Farmer Turns Gas Discovery Into Home Light and Power
Neosho county Kansas farmer Z T Heath leased land to an oil company and struck gas within 600 feet of his house. He uses the gas for free and powers nine rooms, halls, cellar, six stoves, a gas heater in livestock houses, a gas engine for grinding and pumping, and a large barnyard light. The setup also heats water for stock and provides warm drinking water in winter.
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Z. T. Heath
Neosho County
Kansas
Mr. Heath
Weed Trouble in Winter Wheat Prompts Attention
Fragmentary report notes rye as a detestable weed in winter wheat. The text hints at severe infestation concerns and calls for remedy or further inspection, but details are incomplete and names or dates are not provided.
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Iowa
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Klinole
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Faith Cooper
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